ESSO Advanced Course on Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Budapest - 14-16 June, 2018

ESSO Course on Electrochemotherapy of Cutaneous and Deep Seated Tumors

Ljubljana - 22-23 October, 2018

Young Surgeons and Alumni Club

The ESSO Young Surgeons and Alumni Club (EYSAC) was created during the 2010 ESSO Congress in Bordeaux, on 17 September 2010.

EYSAC has been created with the aim to help junior surgeons play an active role in the future of surgical oncology. The Club has multiple missions, including:

To facilitate networking between young surgeons interested in surgical oncology

To assist junior surgeons in dealing with (academic) surgical oncology

To improve surgical oncology training throughout Europe

To facilitiate active transfer of knowledge and young surgeons between institutes

To provide feedback from educational events

To develop new avenues for surgical oncology

This diagram illustrates the areas of which EYSAC is involved in and members can benefit from:

1) The ESSO Core Curriculum is intended to act as a guide for the requisite level of knowledge both for the practice of surgical oncology but also for the European Board of Surgery Qualification (EBSQ exams) in surgical oncology.

2) There are specifically designed courses for surgeons in training and junior surgeons as part of the ESSO educational portfolio.

3) Clinical and research fellowship grant opportunities to broaden your experience in surgical oncology. Also available are congress travel grants to participate in the ESSO Congress.

4) ESSO has created a registry of possible host Hospitals / Institutes / Cancer Centres for fellowship opportunities. Please note the listed opportunities are not guaranteed but are to provide possible assistance in finding training fellowship opportunities.

5) Tailored sessions for young surgical oncologists during the ESSO Congress

6) The networking opportunites of EYSAC include the dedicated LinkedIn group and the ESSO membership directory (ESSO Community) EYSAC also has links with the young chapters of other European and national cancer organisations who we jointly orgaise social events with.

7) ESSO has been investing generously in many educational events, and would like to see EYSAC involved in subsequent evaluation. Education evaluation will include publication of fellowship reports, pre and post course evaluation, and participation to the EYSAC Annual Survey concerning quality of life and education expectation among surgical oncology residents and fellows.